The Law of Human Nature

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

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What is the Law of Human Nature? According to Lewis, this was the Law of "Right and Wrong". The interesting thing was that this law was suppose to be obvious. It was not required to be taught because everyone should know what what right and what was wrong.

Looking at different cultural contexts, we see that there are different values and such to be taught. Does this mean that there is a different definition between right and wrong comparatively to our society? Try imagining a country where selfishness was looked up upon.

Funny thing is, when we are face to face with a decision, we tend to choose the one that most glorifies ourselves. And if we are told otherwise, we would just complain about it not being fair. If I were to choose to only clean my room and my roommates had to clean their rooms AND the bathroom, they would probably request a change. This change in plans would put me in change of cleaning the kitchen, which I would complain and say that its not fair; I get the most work. If the Law of Nature did not exist, what is the difference between a fair section of the house to clean compared to an unfair part?

But, Lewis' main point is this: "We have failed to practise ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people." (I want my roommates to look and see how much I have to clean, but I refuse to look at how much they have to clean.) There is only one Right and Wrong. The reason we are making excuses is that we are ashamed that we are not following the Law of Human Nature. We disregard fairness and point the arrow to me, myself, and I.

"We believe in the Law of Nature... we believe in decency so much - we feel the Rule of Law pressing on us so - that we cannot bear to face the fact that we are breaking it..."

Look at the nations putting in their hand in assisting Haiti's tragedy. It is obvious that a single and absolute Right and Wrong exist.

A look into the tragedy:

Lets be prayerful.

Amen.